Whiffletree-hook.



PATENTED MAY 2", 1906.

R. A. DILTS.

WHIFFLETREE HOOK.

APPLIOATION FILED mum 1905 Wxtnesses Attorneys ROBERT ANDERSON DILTS,

OF TRADE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHlFFLETREE-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed June 3,1905. Serial No. 263,675.

l'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT ANDERSON DIL'rs, a citizen of the United States, residng at Trade City, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a iew and useful WhifiietreeHook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whifiletree-hooks, and has for its object to simplify and improve the constructionand increase the efiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the inven tion is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in Which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical opera tion, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and gen eral assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device applied. Fig. 2 is a erspective view of the parts forming the c ip portion of the improved device. Fig. 3 is a transverse section with the clip in position and without the trace-holdingportion. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the blank from which the clip member is formed.

The improved device comprises a clip portion for attachment to the whifiletree near the ends and a trace-holding portion supported by the clip for frictional engagement with the whiffletree.

The clip portion consists of a bar or plate cut in the form shown in Fig. 4, with apertures 11 at the ends and with lateral lugs 12 near the ends and bent into substantially U shape for embracing the whifiietree, represented at 13, at one side, and with the lugs bent at right angles to the bar and extending partially-over the whiflietree at the opposite side. A clamp-bolt 14 operates through the apertured ends of the clip and extends over the whifiiletree and is spaced therefrom, as shown in Fig. 3.

The trace-holding portion of the device is formed from a single piece of wire folded centrally with a loop 15 at the fold, coils 16 17 near the ends, terminals 18 19 extending beyond the coils, and an intermediate bend 20. The coils 16 17 embrace the bolt 14, and the extended ends 18 19 bear upon the lugs 12, and thus cause the coils 16 17 to maintain the portion of the holding member between the bend 20 and the loop 15 in yieldableengagement with the whiifietree, the force of the pressure being equivalent to the spring force of the coils.

The trace (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1) when placed in position upon the whiflietree and beneath the holding member will be held. in position by the bend 20 with suflicient force to prevent accidental displacement while in use, while at the same time the trace can be easily released, when required, by simply elevating the holding member by upward pressure applied to the projecting portion of the loop 15.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that a simply-constructed and efficient trace-holder is produced, which is strong and durable,,inexpensive to manufacture, and readily applicable to any ordinary whiffietree without material structural change in either the whiffletree or the hold ing device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a trace-fastener, a substantially U- shaped clip for embracing the whiffietree at one side, a clamp-bolt operating through the ends of said clip and extending over the whiffletree at the other side, and a trace-holding member formed from a single piece of wire folded centrally and with a loop at the fold for frictional engagement with the whiflietree and extending in advance of the end of the same, and with coils near the ends of the holding member for engaging said clamp-bolt and with the terminals bearing above the body of the whiiiletree, said holding member having an intermediate bend for bearing over the trace when in position upon the whiffietree.

2. In a trace-fastener, a substantially U- shaped clip for embracing the whiffietree at one side and with spaced lugs extending partially over the whifiletree at the other side, a clamp-bolt operating through the ends of the clip member and extending over the whiflie- 22 zijss tree, and a trace-holding member in fric- I my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in tional engagement with said Whiffletree and the presence of two Witnesses.

provided With spaced coilsenga ing said bolt and with the terminals exte nded for ROBERT ANDERSON bearing upon said lugs and above the body Witnesses:

of the whiffletree. LEE N. MITCHELL, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as GEORGE W.- FINK. 

